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Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
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Crotalus molossus ornatus

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Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake (Crotalus ornatus).

Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake in striking position

Ornate black-tailed Rattlesnake ready to strike. Fortunately you have to really push them to get them to bite.

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Shutterstock ID: 2018440910, Photographer: Scott Delony

Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake, Crotalus ornatus isolated on white background

Closeup of the ornate black-tailed rattlesnake shows the large triangular intranasal scales at the tip of their snout.

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Shutterstock ID: 2018440907, Photographer: Scott Delony

Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake, Crotalus ornatus isolated on white background

Ornate black-tailed rattlesnake ready to strike. These normally docile snakes can still be pushed into biting.

Scott Delony/Shutterstock.com
Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake in striking position

Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake

Crotalus molossus ornatus

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